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GAHR DEVEL. v. NEDLLOYD LIJNEN, B.V.

No. 82-3504.

723 F.2d 1190 (1984)

GAHR DEVELOPMENTS, INC. OF PANAMA, London and Overseas Express Freight, Limited and London and Overseas (Sugar) Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NEDLLOYD LIJNEN, B.V., Owner of the S/T NEDLLOYD MARSEILLES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, J. Barbee Winston, Antonio J. Rodriguez, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitenvent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert M. Contois, Jr., Robert T. Lemon, II, New Orleans, La., Richard H. Webber, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court, 542 F.Supp. 1224, vacating writs of attachment and conditionally dismissing this consolidated admiralty action for forum non conveniens. We find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the case and, consequently, affirm.

This action arises out of a collision between the NEDLLOYD MARSEILLES, a Dutch flag vessel owned and operated...

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